# Big Lottery Fund awards £41.5 million to 84 projects in England

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/01/17/big-lottery-fund-awards-415-million-84-pro/
- Published: 2008-01-17T10:06:18+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Big Lottery Fund has granted £41.5 million to 84 projects across England that
support networks for carers and people with disabilities. The awards are part of
the Fund’s BASIS programme that aims to increase the effectiveness of the Third 
Sector through the provision of expert, consistent and sustainable services. So 
far 200 projects have benefited from nearly £100 million in the first phase of the
programme.

A second round of BASIS will open for applications in Spring 2008. A consultation
about what BIG proposed to fund in the second funding round two took place in Autumn
2007 and the findings will be incorporated into the programme.

The largest of the latest awards was a grant of £4,245,382 to [Scope](http://www.scope.org.uk)
to fund its three-year Disability LIB (Listen, Include, Build) project. The project
will establish the UK’s first disability-led consortium that will advise on the 
critical and varied needs of disabled people’s organisations across England and 
provide the necessary infrastructure support.

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Louise Jagger, Director of Fundraising at Scope, said: “The success of our bid demonstrates
how partnership working is attractive to major funders, who are increasingly looking
for evidence of impact, innovation and collaboration in the projects they seek to
support.”

The BASIS programme was devised following extensive public consultation and discussions
with the voluntary and community sector. The programme aims to develop the provision
of expert, consistent and sustainable services across the range of voluntary and
community sector organisations, as well as established charities and voluntary groups.

www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

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